[Ken Crawford (KenC)]

Hello everyone,

With AIC2012 less than two weeks away I did some processing stress release

This Planetary Nebula is moving through and interacting with the interstellar medium at a pretty good clip. The brighter area (bow shock) filaments are broken up and twisted requiring a speed in excess of 100 Kilometers per second. There is also a faint tail trailing behind.

I used synthetic star color as there is no RGB data in this image.

http://www.imagingdeepsky.com/Nebulae/SH188/Sh2-188.htm

Thanks for taking the time to look . . .